Geumjeong-gu, Busan
Free service · partner
Popular: Japan
Busan University of Foreign Studies
Korean Language & Culture Education Center (KLCE) · Levels 1–6
Tuition / term
₩1,300,000
Next intake
D-14
2026 Winter · apply by Sep 23, 2026
Free to apply · we reply within 24 hours · no payment now
Term length
10 weeks
200 class hours
Class hours
4 h / day
09:00–12:50 or 13:10–17:00 · Mon–Fri · the school assigns your slot
Levels
Levels 1–6
Placement test on site
Terms per year
4 terms
Mar · Jun · Sep · Dec
Class size
Maximum 15 students
Same group all term
Dormitory
₩600,000
On-campus dormitory (twin) or off-campus Oeseong Hall
Campus on video
See it before you commit
Dormitory tour — twin room
BUFS TV
Campus festival — Daedongje
BUFS TV
Dance club behind the festival stage
BUFS TV · vlog
Department MT trip
BUFS TV · vlog
Six students, one summer break
BUFS TV
Total cost
What you actually pay
Tuition
₩2,600,000
₩1,300,000 × 2 terms
Application fee
₩50,000
One-time, non-refundable
Dormitory
₩1,200,000
On-campus dormitory (twin) or off-campus Oeseong Hall
Living costs
≈ ₩4,200,000–6,600,000
Food, transport, SIM, utilities · about ₩700,000–1,100,000 / month
ALLO service fee
₩0
Partner university — free
2 terms total
6 months · 2 terms
≈ ₩8,050,000–10,450,000
Not included
Flights
Return ticket from your country
Insurance
Mandatory · about ₩80,000 per 6 months
Textbooks
₩23,000–40,000 per level
Alien Registration Card
₩30,000, applied for after arrival
2026 calendar
Terms and deadlines
Term
Classes start
Apply by
Status
2026 Fall
Classes start
Sep 1, 2026
Apply by
Jul 10, 2026
Closed
2026 Winter
Classes start
Nov 19, 2026
Apply by
Sep 23, 2026
Closing soon
2027 Spring
Classes start
Mar 1, 2027
Apply by
Jan 15, 2027
Accepting
2027 Summer
Classes start
Jun 1, 2027
Apply by
Apr 15, 2027
Accepting
2027 Fall
Classes start
Sep 1, 2027
Apply by
Jul 15, 2027
Accepting
Review starts only after the application fee is paid, and you cannot choose your morning or afternoon slot — the school assigns it. Mandatory insurance runs about ₩80,000 per six months for D-4. Documents are not returned.
Eligibility
Three questions, then you know
1
How long do you plan to study?
2
Have you finished high school (or will you before classes start)?
3
Can you show ₩8,000,000 in a bank account, yours or a parent’s?
Documents
What you’ll need to send
Everyone
Whatever your term length
Diploma or enrollment certificate copy
Required
Photo 3.5×4.5cm — white background
Required
[D-4] diploma AND transcript ORIGINALS — apostille/consular (Japan exempt)
Required
Family certificate + parents' & student's IDs
Required
Employment + income certificate (student or parents)
Required
Two terms or more · D-4 visa
The school sponsors your student visa — immigration asks for these
Bank statement ORIGINAL — own name ₩8,000,000+, within 30 days (parents → family cert; spouse → marriage cert)
Two terms+
If it applies to you
Passport copy (+ ARC if held)
If applicable
[China] CHSI report + hukou + IDs / [Vietnam] birth cert + embassy-hospital health check
If applicable
We check every file before it reaches the school. If something is wrong, you hear it from us — not from a rejection letter.
Location
Geumjeong-gu, Busan
65 Geumsaem-ro 485beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan — Room A407
Nearest station
1
Namsan Station · Exit 3 or 5
About 25 minutes steeply uphill — the shuttle or Geumjeong 3 village bus is effectively mandatory
Commute by metro
Seomyeon
~30 min
Busan Station
~45 min
Haeundae
~65 min
Gimhae Airport
~70 min
Who you’ll study with
Classmates from your part of the world
Especially popular with students from Japan.
Source: 2025 figures official data →
A day here
Morning class on the hill, then downhill to Namsan
Class is only four hours a day, morning or afternoon. Everything else is your time — enjoy Korea, work part-time, or do nothing at all.
4 h
Class — morning or afternoon
Four hours a day, five days a week (09:00–12:50 or 13:10–17:00 · Mon–Fri · the school assigns your slot). That is the whole timetable.
The rest of the day is yours
Explore the city, meet people, study in a café, travel on weekends — or work part-time, which a D-4 allows from six months after entry.
Language exchange
Student clubs and exchange meetups run through the week around Geumjeong-gu, Busan — the fastest way to actually speak.
Homework
Expect one to two hours a night. Level tests every two weeks keep you honest.
Beyond class
Culture programs at BUFS
Korean cooking class
Cook simple Korean dishes together and taste what you made at the end of class.
One-day craft classes
Hands-on one-day classes run by the center — like making your own acrylic mood lamp to take home.
Changes every term
Traditional Korean songs
Learn Korean through its traditional songs — language practice that doesn’t feel like class.
Two ways in
Same tuition either way
On your own
With ALLO
Service fee
Partner university — the school pays us
₩0
₩0
Tuition
Paid to the university, never to us
₩1,300,000
₩1,300,000
Document review
Checked before the school sees it
You guess
We check every file
If a document is rejected
Deadlines do not move
Email the office and wait
We fix it the same day
D-4 visa folder
Consulate-ready set
Build it yourself
Prepared for you
Housing
Dorm or verified room
Korean-language listings
Booked before you fly
SIM, bank, ARC
Your first week
Figure it out on arrival
Walked through with you
Apply to BUFS
₩1,300,000 per term, paid straight to the university. Our work costs you nothing.
Full tuition refund if your visa is refused — the school returns it, minus the application fee.
We review every document before submission, so refusals for paperwork almost never happen.
No service fee at this school — the university covers our work.
One consultant follows your file from today until you land in Korea.
Takes about 10 minutes · no payment now
Busan University of Foreign Studies
₩1,300,000
per term ·
